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... organization; VCT: voluntary counseling and testing Page of 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Acknowledgements This work was supported by research grants from the China National Key Research ... Program (20 07BAI07B 01) awarded to JL and from the US National Institutes of Health ( 5R2 1DA 023 893- 02) awarded to HL Author details Yunnan Institute for Drug Abuse, Yunnan, China 2Department of ... exercise, and manual labor [7 ,19 -22 ] At the third level, drug users who relapse after receiving compulsory detoxification are mandated to to yearsof re-education through activities in labor camps administered...
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